Child of the Version

When the fifth episode's scene cut back to the protagonist, Chen Kong.

To maximize the audience's sense of immersion.

The Stellaris production team had deliberately used Chen Kong's first-person perspective to present this segment.

Through Chen Kong's perspective, the audience quickly learned from the surrounding medical staff what had happened over the past three days.

They learned that eleven Starborn had already obtained a Star Source suited to them.

Including Tiandao, Stellaris's strongest.

After learning this, Chen Kong could no longer restrain his curiosity. Near noon, accompanied by a medical staff member, he headed to the Ember Organization's training base.

He wanted to see what kind of wondrous chemical reaction the Starborn who had obtained Star Sources would produce.

Naturally, the viewers watching the fifth episode of "Stellaris Prequel: Embers" were equally curious.

Very soon, as Chen Kong entered the training room.

He immediately encountered the show's first "Dual Star."

Jing Liuli, ranked No. 3 among the trainees, possessed the "Star Core: Eternal Night Phantom Butterfly" and the "Star Source: Daydream."

Watching Jing Liuli on screen casually slack off in her sleep while communicating normally with everyone else without any obstacle.

The viewers were stunned.

"Come on, I've seen people lie with their eyes open, but I've never seen someone tell the truth with their eyes shut."

"Coach, I want to learn this!"

"Coach: Learn? Learn my ass, I can't even do it!"

Just as the audience wondered what Star Source Jing Liuli, Stellaris's number-one King of Salted Fish, had acquired.

Chen Xing appeared at the perfect moment and conveniently gave them the answer.

"Damn, Star Source: Daydream. Liuli really struck gold with this one!"

"Kid, stop sleeping. You've worked hard enough. Get up and eat!"

"Other people cultivate through hard work, while Liuli cultivates through daydreaming. How can there be such a good deal in this world?"

Perhaps sensing the envy, jealousy, and hatred of the viewers beyond the screen.

Chen Xing, radiating queenly authority, immediately held out her hand and firmly demanded Sweet Dream Candy from Jing Liuli, clearly unwilling to let her have things too easy.

After all, everyone else was striving with all their might to live. Why did this girl get to live like she was on vacation?

Grind. You had to start grinding too!

But to the audience's great surprise.

Jing Liuli, who would normally go into a stress response merely upon hearing the name "Chen Xing," unexpectedly turned the heavens upside down this time.

Not only did she firmly refuse Chen Xing's request, she even said she had gotten them for free and did not want to give any away.

But just like Tiandao earlier, who could not stay cool for more than three seconds.

Liuli could not stay tough for more than three seconds either.

On screen, Jing Liuli had barely finished making her fierce declaration when Chen Xing easily lifted her up like a kitten and gave her a hard shake.

Before long, a large number of colorful candies fell from the pockets of her loose pajamas.

This amusing scene immediately broke the audience.

"King of Salted Fish Liuli: Encountered Chen Xing, the ultimate grind queen. Fought with all my strength, yet could not win."

"I finally understand why Liuli is so afraid of Chen Xing. Creatures like grind kings are the natural bane of salted fish!"

"Stop shaking, stop shaking! The kid's going to throw up if you keep shaking her!"

Watching Liuli suffer another setback at Chen Xing's hands.

Not only did the viewers not sympathize with her, they thought Chen Xing had done a beautiful job.

They could not help it. Jing Liuli's life was just far too comfortable.

To the point that the audience felt that if they did not turn up the pressure on her again, she would really muddle through another entire episode.

Was that reasonable?

Of course it was not reasonable!

But even a salted fish would flip over when pushed too far.

Watching Chen Xing bully her again, even a salted fish like Jing Liuli finally got a little anxious.

"Just one. Counting the ones from the past two days, I'll pay you back later with the organization's after-meal desserts."

"You liar!"

"Didn't you lose all your after-meal desserts to Tiandao? What are you going to use to pay me back?"

"..."

Watching Chen Xing fall silent and reveal an awkward expression.

The viewers, who loved nothing more than watching the drama unfold, burst into laughter.

"Hahaha, Chen Xing, you have a day like this too?"

"Wow, our little Liuli has finally made something of herself! She actually knows how to counterattack with a salted fish thrust!"

"Giving me something you don't even have—Lady Xing sure has an impressive official's authority!"

"Ninth-Rank Sesame Official Chen Xing: Who stands below to accuse this official?"

Faced with Jing Liuli's questioning, Chen Xing could not give an answer for a long while.

Fortunately, Chen Kong stepped in to defuse the situation and used a week's worth of his after-meal desserts to make up for the Sweet Dream Candy debt Chen Xing owed Liuli.

A typical case of a younger brother paying his older sister's debts.

Just as the audience wondered what Chen Xing wanted the Sweet Dream Candy for.

The entire training base suddenly began to shake violently.

After the tremors subsided, Chen Kong asked with lingering fear, "Sis, what was that just now? Don't tell me someone suddenly attacked the base."

Chen Xing fell silent at the question, but Jing Liuli beside her answered without any reservations. "Nothing. It's probably Tiandao researching his Star Source again. Normal, normal."

"Huh?"

Chen Kong's face was full of shock, and the viewers beyond the screen were equally stunned.

After all, given that huge commotion just now, they found it hard to imagine that a human being could cause it.

"Is Tiandao's Star Source really that powerful? Otherwise, how could it make such a huge disturbance?"

Before Jing Liuli could answer Chen Kong's question, Chen Xing beside her spoke first.

"Kong, it has never been the Star Source that is strong. It is Tiandao."

"Because if it were not Tiandao, I truly cannot imagine who else could develop that kind of Star Source to such a degree."

"Come on. Since you want to see it, I'll let you see."

"Tiandao does not care whether people know his Star Source Effect anyway."

"Because three days ago, he said that only the weak worried at every turn about being targeted by others and lived with excessive caution. A true powerhouse must possess the confidence that, above the heavens and below the earth, I alone reign supreme."

"So even if his Star Source ability became known to everyone, he would not care in the slightest."

"Because he, Tiandao Siming, feared no one's challenge."

"That really does suit Brother Tian Dao's personality."

As Chen Xing led Chen Kong toward the private training room where Tiandao was.

The fifth episode of "Stellaris Prequel: Embers" came to a complete end.

Although this episode did not feature any particularly explosive plot developments.

Whether it was Yun Meng's "benefit stockings" at the beginning, Tiandao's "kingly sitting pose" in the middle, or Chen Xing and Jing Liuli's battle between natural enemies at the end.

All of it gave the audience a different kind of satisfaction and joy amid this peaceful daily life.

After all, no one could keep their nerves taut forever, and the same was true even when watching a show.

Therefore, appropriate relief and relaxation instead made the anime's content feel fuller.

In this regard, "Stellaris Prequel: Embers" clearly understood what it meant to balance tension and release.

However, at the end of the fifth episode, the audience still received a relatively crucial piece of information.

Tiandao, already universally acknowledged as the ceiling of combat power, had now received another epic-level enhancement. He had completely stopped being human.

"Damn, after just three days, Tiandao, this Child of the Version, got buffed again?"

"Tiandao Siming, a man among men, a male among males. The ruler among men, the sovereign among men, the lord of men, the terminator of men, king, master, male god, emperor, demon king, an overwhelmingly manly man!"

"It has never been the Star Source that is strong, but Tiandao Hax Tian. You really are a terrifying guy."

"Tiandao: You follow the version, while I am the version."

Filled with curiosity and anticipation, the viewers decisively clicked on the sixth episode of "Stellaris Prequel: Embers."

Because they desperately wanted to know just how terrifyingly powerful Tiandao, the current Child of the Version, had become.

Yet amid the barrage of comments speculating about Tiandao's strength.

One comment raised a question everyone had overlooked.

"Um... did none of you notice that Liuli, that salted fish, muddled through another whole episode?"

"???"

PS: There will be another update after midnight. Pang Hu will make up for the update he owed earlier today.

I'll appropriately simplify this anime content. After all, there cannot be too much seasoning, or it will affect the main course.